Onboard Performance Tool vs Atlas Winds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onboard Performance Tool
This application enables flight crews and ground personnel to perform real-time performance calculations for flights. It provides fast and precise data for takeoff, landing, and weight and balance, accounting for various environmental and operational factors.
- Real-time performance calculations
- Takeoff analysis
- Landing analysis
- Weight and balance information
- Accounts for weather and runway conditions
- Corrects for pressure variation and MEL items
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*** This application requires configuration files, performance and other databases, available separately. Contact your Boeing representative for details. *** The Onboard Performance Tool (OPT) permits flight crews and ground personnel to perform real-time calculations based on current weather and runway conditions, while adhering to company and regulatory policies and procedures. The Onboard Performance Tool provides self-planning capability through fast and precise calculations. It allows flight crews to calculate the takeoff analysis, landing analysis, and weight and balance information. Instant and accurate calculations save time by correcting for pressure variation, runway conditions, engine bleeds and Minimum Equipment List (MEL) items.
Atlas Winds
Calculate approach wind additives for specific Boeing aircraft models. Input runway winds in knots or meters per second to get your wind additive in knots.
- Calculate approach wind additives
- Supports 737, 747, 767, 777 fleets
- Input winds in knots or m/s
- Output wind additive in knots
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Atlas Winds is a tool to help pilots calculate approach wind additives for the 737, 747, 767, and 777 fleets. Input the runway winds in either knots or meters per second to determine your wind additive in knots. Thank you in advance for supporting Atlas Winds. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Atlas Winds at 100% against Onboard Performance Tool's 14%. Atlas Winds also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). Onboard Performance Tool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Atlas Winds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Onboard Performance Tool asks for nothing beyond the download.
Atlas Winds holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Onboard Performance Tool's written reviews are positive against 100% of Atlas Winds's.
Onboard Performance Tool ships an update every 6 months, Atlas Winds weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Onboard Performance Tool | Atlas Winds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Boeing Company | Scott Brenner |
Customer experience
Onboard Performance Tool
Atlas Winds
In-app purchases
Onboard Performance Tool
No in-app purchases
Atlas Winds
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual1 Month trial$9.991 Year
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